Pickin' the Blues

Infobox Album
Name = Pickin' the Blues
Type = studio album
Artist = Doc Watson, Merle Watson


Released = 1985
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, country blues
Length = 35:29
Label = Flying Fish
Producer = Mitch Greenhill
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wjfwxqe5ldae link]
Chronology = Doc Watson
Last album = "Down South"
(1984)
This album = "Pickin' the Blues"
(1985)
Next album = "Riding the Midnight Train"
(1986)

"Pickin' the Blues" is the title of a recording by American folk music artists Doc Watson and Merle Watson, released in 1985.

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
# "Mississippi Heavy Water Blues" (Barbeque Bob) – 2:48
# "Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues" (Coleman, Watson) – 3:07
# "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:44
# "Windy and Warm" (John D. Loudermilk) – 2:02
# "St. Louis Blues" (W. C. Handy) – 2:59
# "Jailhouse Blues" (Sleepy John Estes) – 2:40
# "Freight Train Blues" – 2:35
# "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" (Jimmie Rodgers) – 3:36
# "Carroll County Blues" – 2:47
# "Blue Ridge Mountain Blues" – 2:44
# "I'm a Stranger Here" – 3:07
# "Honey Babe Blues" – 3:20

Personnel

*Doc Watson – guitar, vocals
*Merle Watson – guitar, slide guitar
*T. Michael Coleman – bass, harmony vocals
*Sam Bush – fiddle, mandolin
*Joe Smothers – background vocalsProduction notes
*Produced by Mitch Greenhill
*Mixed by Garth Fundis
*Engineered by Carl Rudisill
*Mastered by Roger Seibel

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/nashville/3448/docmerle.html Doc Watson discography]